juliawise comments on Social class amongst the intellectually gifted - Less Wrong
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I think you mean income, not social class. An academic mathematician might have higher social status but lower income than they would as a startup founder, for example.
Social status is relative to a particular subculture. In certain circles startup founders have higher status than math professors.